GAY HATE CRIMES ARE NOT STOPPING!

Have we become a world that is so petrified of the bully that we’re too scared to report to the higher-ups to fix the situation? Local police clearly haven’t done a great job in letting the gay community know that they have their back. Most police would say that hate crimes are difficult to handle because the motivation is hard to prove most of the time, except in cases where they make it clear. 

I still cringe when I see gay people walking down the street, not looking left or right, too timid to acknowledge other people in fear. And you know what? Most of the time we have good reason. People still stare at couples walking hand in hand down the street, some even make sure that they’re disapproval is noticed. Even though no violence occurred, do you still think this is a hate crime?

We have all heard stories of homophobic policemen in the gay areas of cities, arresting people for nonsense reasons, some even getting called names. It’s because of this that most people feel animosity towards law enforcement, especially in small towns. They don’t feel welcome and it can seem like a waste of time and effort – but if we don’t report crimes, they WILL keep happening.

A simple solution will be to educate ourselves and our children. If someone sees gay bullying and does nothing, they are just as bad as the bully. Anonymous reporting is one of the most useful tools the police department has and without it, they wouldn’t be able to solve most of their cases.

What fills people with such hate that they have no other choice but to go violent?

It is shocking to see that the statistics are higher than ever, even now with more people being okay with LGBT legislation. It’s not uncommon during the middle of a civil rights movement that people retaliate against that community. With the media being so gay friendly lately, homophobic societies are forced to watch us  thrive and be ourselves which leaves them faced with reality.

Even through the toughest times, we need to know that the best times are still ahead of us. The biggest hate crime one can do is to hate themselves. Never live in fear because of other people’s lack of understanding. Their problems are not your problems – keep breathing.

Stand strong. Report hate crimes. Don’t be afraid of the aftermath, because the alternative is worse.

They will do it again.

SOURCE: GAY GUYS

CORY BOOKER'S OPPONENT FOR US SENATE SEAT QUESTIONS HIS SEXUALITY & MASCULINITY

US Senate candidate Cory Booker of New Jersey has gotten a lot of attention in recent days for stating he thinks it's 'wonderful' when some people think he's gay.

His Republican opponent, Steve Lonegan, has responded by not only questioning Booker's sexuality, but also his masculinity.

'Maybe that helps to get him the gay vote by acting ambiguous,' Lonergan tells Newsmax.com.

Then he adds his own speculation: 'I don’t know if you saw the stories [about Booker] last year. They’ve been out for quite a bit about how he likes to go out at three o’clock in the morning for a manicure and a pedicure.'

Lonergan makes clear he would not be out at that hour or any hour doing such things.

'I don’t like going out in the middle of the night, or any time of the day, for a manicure and pedicure,' he says. 'It was described as his peculiar fetish ... I have a more peculiar fetish. I like a good Scotch and a cigar. That’s my fetish but we’ll just compare the two.'

Booker is the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, and a rising political star. He's 44 and indicated to the Washington Post in a recent interview that he is not bothered by speculation about his sexuality and makes no effort to clarify it.

'...People who think I’m gay, some part of me thinks it’s wonderful. Because I want to challenge people on their homophobia,' he says.

'I love seeing on Twitter when someone says I’m gay, and I say, "So what does it matter if I am? So be it. I hope you are not voting for me because you are making the presumption that I’m straight."'

SOURCE: GAY STAR NEWS

A BOY 2, CALLED FAGGOT & ASSAULTED FOR WEARING PINK HAIRBAND

A two-year-old boy was called a ‘faggot’ and assaulted for wearing a pink hairband.

Dexter Vyktoriah was with his 31-year-old mom Katie and five-month-old sibling out shopping in Wallmart in Polk County, Florida.

Mother Vyktoriah was shocked when an unknown man, who she describes as being ‘overly large with a bushy beard and camouflage shirt’ approached the family.

‘He had tattered shorts and lace-up work boots with no laces. I could smell the fug of cigarette smoke surrounding him, and there was a definite pong of beer on him.’

The man walked up to little Dexter, tore the headband off his head, and slapped the child on the back of the head.

‘You’ll thank me later, little man!’ he shouted.

Vyktoriah, furious, told him to not touch her child. ‘Your son is a fucking faggot,’ he told her, before walking away and adding: ‘He’ll get shot for it one day.’

The US mom said she encourages her son to dress and act the way he chooses, saying he loves pink, Dora the Explorer and occasionally plays dress up with her skirts.

‘He rocked that headband,’ she said.

Vyktoriah now says men like him makes her terrified for the future of her children regardless of their sexuality.

Writing on Huffington Post, she said: ‘While we may accept and support whoever our kids turn out to be, I am scared beyond words at what it would mean for them if they ARE gay.

‘Why should anyone have to live in fear because they fall in love with someone that you or someone else doesn’t agree with? Why should mothers and fathers of gay kids have to have an extra layer of terror at night because they know that the world at large is against their child?’

‘If one or both of my kids grow up to realize they are any of these things, it will not change a thing about how I feel toward them,’ she added.

Vyktoriah has said she is being advised to not discuss the situation after filing a report with the police.

SOURCE: GAY STAR NEWS

QUEEN ELIZABETH II NAMED ‘QUEEN OF FAGS’ BY WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH

Westboro Baptist Church has named Elizabeth II the ‘Queen of Fags’ after she signed same-sex marriage into law in England and Wales last week.

In a photograph posted on Twitter by the ‘God Hates Fags’ church, it shows a woman holding a sign depicting the British monarch with a slogan ‘Queen of Fags’ and a World War II pink triangle – a Nazi symbol – on her forehead.

The attack comes less than a week after the WBC, once again on Twitter, said the Queen was a ‘Royal Whore’.

It comes as the world is waiting for the Queen to meet her new great-grandchild, the baby of Prince William and Kate to be known as the Prince or Princess of Cambridge.

James-J Walsh, Campaigns Director of Out4Marriage, said: ‘This is a timely reminder that whilst we are celebrating this new legislation, our community and civil society groups now need to be ever vigilant of reprisals from the securing of our equal rights.

‘As we've seen with equalities rights before, often after new rights are won, there are repercussions and a period of societal instability.

‘It’s also worth noting our work is still not yet complete, we must now ensure that the rest of Great Britain, the Commonwealth and world now work towards full rights for lesbian and gay people - as its not equality unless its full equality everywhere.’

In the last 60 years, the Queen has remained mostly silent about her gay subjects, and out of the 14 countries she is head of state, nine of them consider homosexuality to be a criminal act.

But despite this, she gave same-sex marriage her royal assent, the stamp of approval given to bills passed by UK parliament.

The Westboro Baptist Church is banned from the entering the UK, with Fred Phelps and Shirley Phelps-Roper specifically not allowed for 'inciting hatred'.

SOURCE: GAY STAR NEWS

OKLAHOMA TORNADO, KILLING UP TO 91, BLAMED ON GAY JASON COLLINS

An Oklahoma tornado that has claimed the lives of up to 91 people is being blamed on Jason Collins.

Fred Phelps Jr, the son of the leader behind the infamous Westboro Baptist Church, has linked homosexuality to the destructive natural disaster.

He said Oklahoma sportsman Kevin Durant offended God by saying ‘no one has the right to judge’ the first openly gay basketball player.

Phelps tweeted: ‘OK Thunder’s Durant flips God by praising fag Collins. God smashed OK. You do the math. #GodH8sFags #FagsDoomNations #FearGod #GodH8sU’

On the Westboro Baptist Church Twitter page, they tweeted a picture of a rainbow flag still standing after the destruction.

‘What’s this picture? Another rainbow house in evil Oklahoma? #GodH8sYourIdols #FearGodNotMotherNature’

It is believed the ‘God Hates Fags’ church will also protest the funerals of those killed by the Oklahoma tornado.

Around half of those killed by the winds, which reached up to 200mph in Moore, are thought to be children. One elementary school was directly hit, which was attended by roughly 500 students.

While 51 have been confirmed dead, the chief administrative officer for the state medical examiner has said they had been told by emergency services to expect another 40 bodies.

President Barack Obama has told Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and promised the state all the help it needs.

‘This is a very sad day for the state of Oklahoma – a very hard day and very tragic day,’ she said.

‘Our prayers and our thoughts are with all the Oklahoma families that have been hit hard by this terrible storm. We are doing every single thing that we can to assist those that are in need right now.’

SOURCE: GAY STAR NEWS

A PREGNANT PAUSE…

My sister phoned me the other day and asked me to guess who is with child. I got it on my first try because I knew that the 14 year old girl from my mother’s church was going to get there sooner or later (my bet was on sooner).

You see this child was out of school for more than 2 years because the teachers hate her so she has to go to another school (that’s my mother’s version of things). You see this girl is typical young teenager whose mother doesn’t give a shit about her and her 7 siblings, all she cares about is church and her pastor. Did I mention that she says she is pregnant for the pastor’s son and NOT one of the many boys/men that she constantly says is her cousin, uncle or daddy’s friend? But I digress…

This entry isn’t about her character and path her life has taken, as I had a chat with her the other day, I couldn’t help but feel sad for her. She has an attitude that’s like whatever and baby growing in her stomach is just something she has to deal with for 9 months. I thought oh I don’t want this young girl hanging out with my 12 year old niece, I felt she sent a message that it was okay to be a teen mother. But on the other hand I felt torn because I felt that as a man, a human I shouldn’t just cast another aside because they made choices that don’t fit with what I wished her life could have been like.  

In a situation like this, how do you decide which choice to make? Do you say you can’t hang with my young impressionable niece that more than likely looks up to you? Or do you try your hardest and help her HOPING that she gets it and there isn’t a replication from the young girls in the neighborhood? 

COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON...

Everyone is dead, but the spirit that continues to participate apart from the illusion to have been who you thought you were, seems alive!

DEAD INSIDE...

He felt dead inside.

No matter how hard he partied, he could never escape that simple fact - inside, dead.

And that was his life.

Running from a feeling.

At least until he could run no more.

Exhausted, spent and beaten, when the end finally came, he welcomed it.

With life ebbing from his wasted body, he was suddenly swept up in a transcendent state of joy that was pure and complete.

Moments later he felt dead inside.

NO PAIN, NO GAIN ¿RIGHT?

I think most of us can agree that system of ‘no pain, no gain’ can be a pain in the ass and needs to be
seriously re-jiggered. Now I'm not saying I have a better approach than this
pain/gain thing that's been in place for years, but that doesn't mean we
couldn't start tossing around some ideas. For instance, why an infrastructure for life couldn't be developed around the theme,
"no dream, no gain?" Sounds like heaven, right? Or is dreaming too
easy? Would life quickly become complacent and cease to gain? But then, is gain
really that critical? Or is gain the whole point? Is the fact that life exists
at all proof that God or the universe hates complacency? It certainly
explains why aboriginal people are constantly being murdered for the sake of "progress."

It is especially important when pain comes our
way to honor the experience, because our natural tendency is to push it away
and move past it as quickly as possible. We tend to want to brush it under the
rug. Yet, if we don't, it reveals itself to be a great friend and teacher. As counter-intuitive as it seems, we can honor pain by thanking it and by welcoming
it into the space of our lives. We all know that often the more we resist
something, the longer it persists. When we honor our pain, we do just the
opposite of resisting it, and as a result, we create a world in which we can
own the fullness of what life has to offer.

UNDER SUPSCION: THE KILLING OF TRAYVON MARTIN

One of the burdens of being a black male is
carrying the heavy weight of other people’s suspicions. One minute you’re going
about your life, the next you could be pleading for it, if you’re lucky. And
far too many aren’t. That’s why the Feb. 27 26 killing of Trayvon Martin has black parents around the country
clutching their sons a little closer.

By all accounts, Trayvon was a good kid. He
helped his father coach Little League. He had dreams of becoming a pilot. He
was good at math.

The Orlando Sentinel
said that Trayvon’s English teacherdescribed him “as an A and B student
who majored in cheerfulness.” And now he’s gone because, as Charles Blow wrote
on Saturday, “a man with a gun and an itchy finger” found Trayvon
“suspicious.”

What we know is that the
17-year-old, visiting relatives in a gated community in Sanford, Fla., was on
his way back to their house from 7-Eleven with an iced tea and a bag of
Skittles. That’s when he caught the eye of George Zimmerman, a crime watch
volunteer who called 911.Listening to that call made my blood run cold.

“Hey,
we’ve had some break-ins in my neighborhood and there’s a real suspicious guy,”
Zimmerman tells police before giving the address of where he is. “This guy
looks like he’s up to no good or he’s on drugs or something.”

“These [expletive], they
always get away,” Zimmerman says before getting out of his car to pursue
Trayvon.

“Are you following him?”
the police ask.

“Yes,” Zimmerman says.
The officer on the phone tells him, “We don’t need you to do that.” But he did.
In another 911 call, you can hear screaming for help and the
fatal gunshot. Zimmerman brought a 9 mm handgun to the altercation. A scuffle
ensued. Trayvon was fatally shot in the chest. His mother told the Associated Press yesterday, “(Zimmerman)
was chasing him, he was following him, and my son was afraid. He didn’t know
who this stranger was.”

You’ve heard me talk
about the conversation my mom had with me before my first day
at a predominantly white school. Reading about Trayvon reminded me of the list
of the “don’ts” I received after my sheltered existence in Hazlet, N.J., was
replaced with the reality of Newark when my mother remarried in the 1980s.

“Don’t run in public.” Lest someone think you’re suspicious.

“Don’t run while carrying anything in your hands.” Lest someone
think you stole something.

“Don’t talk back to the police.” Lest you give them a reason to
take you to jail or worse

There was also being
mindful that you are being watched in stores. Watched turned to followed as I
got older. To this day, if a sales person is overly attentive to what I might
be looking for I leave the store. Never to return. And then there was keeping a
distance of deniability from white women when walking on the street. Lest you
be accused of any number of offenses, from trying to snatch her purse to sexual
assault.

In the early 1990s, I
saw a T-shirt for sale on Canal Street in New York that neatly and bluntly
summed up my frustration with this situation: “No white lady I don't want your
purse.”

All this might seem
paranoid. After all, I was taught these things almost 20 years after Jim Crow
by African Americans who experienced its soul-crushing force first hand. And
this is 2012. So much has changed for the better since then. But then comes
along a Trayvon Martin to remind us that the burden of suspicion is still ours
to bear. And the cost for taking our lives might be none.

So far, no charges have been filed against Zimmerman, who has moved
out of his home due to death threats. According to the Orlando Sentinel, police
“turned the case over to the State Attorney’s Office, saying they did not have
evidence to justify George Zimmerman’s arrest on a charge of manslaughter.”
Yet, Blow asked a series of questions in his column that should have at least
warranted taking Zimmerman into custody to get answers.

Why did Zimmerman find Trayvon suspicious? Why did he pursue the boy
when the 911 operator instructed him not to? Why did he get out of the car, and
why did he take his gun when he did? How is it self-defense when you are the
one in pursuit? Who initiated the altercation? Who cried for help? Did Trayvon’s
body show evidence of a struggle? What moved Zimmerman to use lethal force?

Lord knows when we’ll
get those answers. Zimmerman is not only not in custody but, according to his
father, the police advised him not to talk publicly. Trayvon, his grieving parents
and shocked people everywhere deserve better than this.

BY: JONATHAN CAPEHART

LIFE: ¿WHO IS WITH ME?

As best as I can tell, life is
intolerable. Oh, not always of course. A case can be made for all the big
wonders and little blessings and blah, blah, blah. But when you really boil it
down, our entire existence rests on a few really ugly premises.

First, life, and by that I mean the
big life, life with a capital L, must ingest other life in order for it to
remain life. Or, put another way, in order to witness the miracle of creation,
we must continually eat, and then poop out, a little bit of that miracle.

Second, one of the charming side
effects of sentient life is emotional pain. The fact that dead and fermenting
plant life creates alcohol - a terrific anesthetic for emotional pain - might
cause one to think that this is, by nature, a compassionate universe. Think
again. Keep dulling that pain with booze and you wind up, if you're lucky, in a
church basement sharing your tears with complete strangers. If you're not
lucky, you wind up on a waiting list for a liver.

And finally, there is the ever-present
knowledge of death. In order to "more fully appreciate the gift of
life," we all get to ponder a violently sudden or slow and agonizingly
painful descent into oblivion -- after which our beloved bodies turn into the
stuff of nightmares. Which brings me back to my original premise: life is
intolerable. But rather than go gently into that creepy night, I've decided to
start a petition to protest the fundamental conditions of existence. I know
it's not much, but it's a start.

So who is with me? 


Who wants
their voices heard before they are dead and your vocal chords are being eaten
by a swarm of disgusting bugs?

A MESSAGE OF LOVE FROM ERIC JAMES BORGES

Friends say Eric James
Borges, 19, killed himself Wednesday after having endured a traumatic
coming-out experience.

Borges had worked for the Trevor Project, which described him
as “a dedicated, trained volunteer” in its mission of preventing suicide among
LGBT youth. And he’d taped an It Gets Better video that tells the story of how he “was raised
in an extremist Christian household” and was kicked out of his parents’ home.

“My mother knew I was gay and performed an exorcism on me in
an attempt to cure me,” he said in his video. His family told him he was
“disgusting” and “damned to hell.”

Borges also described growing up bullied and eventually
dropping out of high school. “I was stalked, spit on, ostracized, and
physically assaulted,” he said. “My name was not Eric but faggot.”

“Back when I was in the closet, I never dreamed that I would
be able to express my sexuality and have a normal relationship,” he said in the
It Gets Better video.


Borges taped a
video project last year that seemed to bring his dream to life. The video,
shared online, shows him and another boy embracing lovingly and kissing. In
outtakes, a person behind the camera can be heard
whispering “That’s beautiful” as passing cars honk in support.

Watch the final version of Borges’s video project below. “The
underlining subtext of this video is love is universal,” Borges wrote about the
short film. “It has the strength to decimate the threshold of all prejudice,
all inequity. Human relationships, and those who come into our lives, have the
ability to ultimately shape who we are. There is importance in loving each
other the way each of us truly deserves.”

The Trevor Project reacted to the news of Borges death with sadness.

“We are deeply saddened to hear about the tragic death of
EricJames Borges, and our hearts go out to his family and friends, and his
community,” a statement read. “Our main concern right now is that those
affected by his death feel supported and can get the care they need.” 

Those needing support can contact the Trevor Lifeline at
(866) 488-7386.

CAN YOU TELL ME: ¿WHAT'S GOING ON?

I JUST WISH THAT I COULD GIVE THIS YOUNG MAN A
BIG HUG & GIVE HIM & SO MANY LIKE HIM A PLACE TO BE THEMSELVES, CAN
SOMEONE TELL: ¿WHAT’S GOING ON?

HIV/AIDS, THE POPE SAID...

"Above all, it is an ethical problem. The change of behavior
that it requires – for example, sexual abstinence, rejection of sexual
promiscuity, fidelity within marriage – ultimately involves the question of
integral development, which demands a global approach and a global response
from the Church. For if it is to be effective, the prevention of AIDS must be
based on a sex education that is itself grounded in an anthropology anchored in
the natural law and enlightened by the word of God and the Church’s
teaching." - Emperor Palpatine, at the closing Mass of his visit to Africa.

¡WESTBORO STRIKES AGAIN!

Isn't this just peachy? Leaders of
America's infamous Westboro Baptist Church have vowed to picket the funeral of
Apple innovator Steve Jobs.

“Westboro will picket his funeral,” tweeted
Margie J. Phelps, daughter God Hates Fags pastor Fred Phelps.

The message on the micro-blogging site followed
a previous posthumous insult, which said: "No peace for man who served
self, not God."

Phelps, who used an iPhone to send the
messages, was denouncing Jobs for apparently putting commercial success before
divine salvation.

Margie Phelps defended the use of the iPhone to
send the message, saying God created it for the purpose of telling people that
“Jobs is in hell.”

According to PC Mag, a blog linked to the
official WBC site then claimed that Jobs was responsible for gay marriage,
which will "bring your destruction".

HARMONY: ¿WHAT WILL IT TAKE?

Two South American
teenage thugs were executed in Africa for being homosexual. They were allowed
one last kiss before being shot in the back of the head.

I literally cried my eyes out when I saw
this. It is unbelievable how heartless and thoughtless people can be. I am not
posting this to make anyone else cry, but to spread the word so the violence
stops. What will it take for us to live in harmony with one another?

{THE AGNOSTIC} ADVOCATE

That familiar
cliché is often the response I receive after answering that seemingly simple
yet complex question: “Do you believe in
God?” The response, “I’m agnostic,”
usually scares people off or moves the conversation to other points-of-entry,
but every once in a while someone will prod a little further because they are
legitimately interested or trying to figure out if I’m being
serious.  The reason this question persists is because of the power
of labels. You can gather a large amount of information about someone who is an
atheist or a believer. And in a world where it’s all about how much information
you can gather in the shortest amount of time, my stance on ‘God’ does not sit well with many.

Many make the
assumptions that I am a cynic or a sinner, true or not, the ideas people have
about me does not turn me on or off. I’m always interested in seeing how people
react. Labels interest me GREATLY!
So much so, that I wrote two other blog entries on this subject (more or less). As a homosexual, I know
all too well how the language of stereotyping can be limiting, hurtful, and
sometimes dangerous. You’re gay. To some, that also means you’re feminine. Or,
it means you know how to dress well. In some cultures and religions, it extends
beyond the insulting and carries into the inhumane. To be gay means to be sick
or unholy.

I’m not claiming
this as a ground-breaking observation. But what interests me is how we label when
it comes to ‘God’ when we all are GODS! You don’t like being labeled as gay and having people assume you know
the choreography to Run the World (Girls), do you? Well, I don’t. I believe
we are many up of many different elements that no matter which side you fall on
in the god debate, you can fit into a mold because NO one is 100% correct. Being agnostic, I get to unfold the both
sides into something larger. So when I use the word ‘God’, am talking about the
believer’s god or the non-believer’s universe? I think you know the answer
to that question. So what do you believe?

{THE 'ATHEIST' ADVOCATE}

When you look @ the history of what we know about the world, you see a
very noticeable pattern. Natural explanations of things have been replacing supernatural
explanations of them. Why
the sun rises and sets? Where thunder and lightning come from? Why people get
sick? How the complexity of life came into being? I could go on and on and depending on your view is more or less
complex than the questions I asked. I often wonder how we could come up with
explanations for the sun rising and setting and things of that nature, but not
be able to explain how or why we allow the short comings of ‘Christians’ to make so many of us feel like we are not human. What happens when they are asked to
prove the existence of God?

They use all the bogus
catchphrases, the sound bites, the emotional punches-to-the-gut to solidify the
existence of God. But can I ask, why
does God need arguments, anyway? Why does God need people to make his arguments
for him? Why can't he just reveal his true self, clearly and unequivocally, and
settle the question once and for all? If God existed, why wouldn't it just be
obvious? It is not up to the Atheist to
prove that God does exist. It is up to theists to prove that he does. And in
the absence of any genuinely good, solid evidence or arguments in favor of
God's existence (and
in the presence of a whole lot of very solid arguments against it) how can they
continue to hold the null hypothesis of theism: that God almost certainly does exist,
and that it is completely reasonable to act as if the Atheist is wrong? So as ‘Christians’ further perpetuated through fear, intimidation, tradition and social
pressure, I fail to see how asking an Atheist to believe them until
they get pie in the sky. 

THE 'CHRISTIAN' {ADVOCATE}

The more we investigate the
non-realm that lies just beyond, beneath or throughout the non-realm we think
we're in, the more I'm convinced we will NEVER find it. I suppose this is
the case because it is SO easy just to lay back and slip-slide into the daily
grind of consciousness/unconsciousness. 

Many of us live by ‘what you see is
what you get’ motto and that is fine, but let's think about that for a moment.
What we see is what we get. Hmmm... We can't see electrons. We can't see a
virus. We can't see love and yet we still believe these things exist. This
brings me to the purpose of this blog entry…God. Doesn’t it seem strange that
we can look up at a night sky, at a majestic mountain, at the sculpted abs of
man with a nice package, and have trouble believe in God? 

¿HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH A KNOW-IT-ALL?

Thinking back, I see now that there was a brief moment when I had a choice as to how I would react to the situation that led to this blog entry. I could have just as easily chosen resignation, or amusement, or even sadness. So the obvious question is why did I choose a destructive emotion? Why did I take on a know-it-all attitude that sees my position as null and void? I suppose that on some deep, unconscious level I must be hard-wired to believe that anger is the appropriate response. Which leads to the next obvious question: how do I undo this negative mental process that appears to be woven into the soul of me?

Perhaps I could give my anger away. I know it sounds silly, but maybe silly is what is called for. Perhaps I should have buried my anger in her backyard and blame it on the dogs when no grass grows on that spot. She’ll believe me because listening to humans is COMPLETELY unfamiliar to her. Since she knows EVERYTHING about ANYTHING, and since she won’t question the dog, wouldn’t that just prove to her that she is right about that spot in her yard?

I often wonder if she ever gets tired of trying to be ‘right’ all the time. Why does she have a need to make people around her the audience she needs to make herself the center of attention? I get that attention and respect are the two things we all long for but...What do you do when you are around someone that comes off as a know-it-all?